Roasted Pumpkin Slices

Ingredients:

1 small pumpkin or 1/4 large pumpkin

1 tablespoon olive oil

sea salt

choice of spices*

1 tablespoon packed brown sugar

Directions:

Heat oven to 400F. Using a large metal spoon, scoop out the seeds and insides of the pumpkin. (Save the seeds for roasting.) Use a sharp chef's knife to cut slices of pumpkin, about 1-inch thick.

Place pumpkin slices on baking sheet covered in aluminum foil. Drizzle with olive oil and rub on both sides of pumpkin. Season with salt, spices and brown sugar. Roast for 20-25 minutes, depending on thickness of pumpkin slices.

 

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* Spice options. Comment: don't be shy: Be a little adventurous.

a) Pumpkin pie spice, or the ingredient spices (Yumm!):
   ground clove, cinnamon, nutmeg, maybe allspice.

b) Garam masala is good! It's an Indian spice blend.

c) Cumin & curry powder is a good mix.

d) Chipotle chile powder with extra brown sugar, makes a good smokey-spicey-sweet blend.

e) Tandoori spice blend, with curry powder. (Yumm!)

Hint: Mix the seasonings together with a little of the brown sugar, and sprinkle them on together. I use a tiny mesh sieve to sprinkle the spice.

Comment: After your meal of roast pumpkin, go back to the aluminum foil that it was roasted on. Where the brown sugar, butter and spices melted on the foil, if they mixed, they made a very nice candy. Tandoori candy is surprisingly good!